Even though I was feeling kind of sleepy and weak this morning I forced myself to jump out of bed and get ready for Japan Matsuri, the much-loved Japanese festival that this year took place in Trafalgar Square, right in the center of the British Capital. This dynamic annual event brings people together to enjoy Japanese food, …
Easy Palak Paneer
Let me introduce you to Mr. Palak Paneer, a North Indian cuisine dish where Paneer (Indian farmer's cheese) is immersed in a thick curry sauce based on pureed spinach with garlic ginger and garam masala. Guess what does Palak mean? Yeah, spinach. Palak Paneer is a type of saag (leaf-based dish made from spinach in addition to …
Curried Zucchini and Carrot Soup
As a consequence of my recently new status of "unemployed person", lately I have been quite often home alone. I am in search of opportunities, the right job opportunities, and I'm a lazy job hunter (maybe I fear rejections?) who from a job application to another takes advantages of her new total freedom to cook, to prepare herself light and wholesome …
On Boats and a Cookery Class Experience in London
A cookery school makes sense to me now. Now, not in the past. I always believed that reading a recipe (most of the time from an online source) would be more than enough to make me able to replicate a dish, whether its culinary origin is. I had to go through a long series of disasters in …
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My Mango Sticky Rice
Although at first glance this dish can be mistaken for a Thai Sticky rice, this is not "it". Not in the traditional way, at least. First of all, I haven't used Thai sticky rice to make my sticky dessert. Also, I haven't added any sugar at all. I am so tempted to classify this recipe as a skinny version of …
Matcha Pancakes with Milled Flax Seeds
It's been a few days since I last enjoyed my oatmeal-based breakfast. I am just waking up with an intense craving for croissant pancakes. I've read somewhere that some foods are very effective in increasing the level of dopamines, the neurotransmitter that helps control the brain's reward and pleasure centers. My morning oats must have stopped working together with …